Ollie Watkins

[RamboandBruno]

I reckon there should be a list of who are considered the best penalty takers, whoever is on the pitch and highest in the list takes it. So for example, Tielemans is #1 and on the pitch, he takes it. If he isn't on the pitch then it's the second name on the list. Ollie should be a few names down the list.

Penalties can be a weird thing, some love taking them some hate them. When I was a lot younger a mate of mine who was a striker and played some decent non league hated them with a passion. He'd have been 11th in a shootout if he had the choice. Me, I loved them, give me a penalty with everything on the line and i'd have been in my element and would expect to score. But he was a much better player and goalscorer than me in open play.

Wasn’t it the case Kenny Dalglish never wanted to take a penalty??

[DrGonzo]

Blimey, talk about glass half-empty. He played great last night and scored a cracking goal. OK, he missed a pen, just give it to someone else.

Haha, I feel a little guilty, I was making the point that the penalty was awful and that his next invovlement was superb.

[edgysatsuma89]

Blimey, talk about glass half-empty. He played great last night and scored a cracking goal. OK, he missed a pen, just give it to someone else.

Which is what is being discussed, rightly.

[Dogtanian]

We’ve played six pre-season games and he’s scored 4 goals. He could have had a few more too.

I reckon he’s going to have a great season.

[Astnor]

We’ve played six pre-season games and he’s scored 4 goals. He could have had a few more too.

I reckon he’s going to have a great season.

Yep, he looks ready. Goal against Lazio and Valencia where great. I did notice in his run up to the goal in Spain that he gets up his speed really fast this - that he like this gets half a meter on the CB s seems to be one of his assets.

[not3bad]

Watkins will have a lot of ammunition next season I think. Yes he'll miss a few, but he'll score a shitload too, because he's natural goal scorer. Get ready.

[dekko]

Watkins will have a lot of ammunition next season I think. Yes he'll miss a few, but he'll score a shitload too, because he's natural goal scorer. Get ready.

15 - 20 league goals is my guess

[LeeB]

Yeah, I think he's going to have a great season

[VillaTim]

I wonder if Spurs will make a move for him now they need a striker and have £100m in the drawer. And i wonder if we'd listen ??

[danno]

I wonder if Spurs will make a move for him now they need a striker and have £100m in the drawer. And i wonder if we'd listen ??

I think it’s more likely that they’ll try to muddle through until January and try and land Toney (whose contract expires next summer I believe) on the cheap.

[AV84]

I wonder if Spurs will make a move for him now they need a striker and have £100m in the drawer. And i wonder if we'd listen ??

Can't see us entertaining any bids for Watkins unless we've got a world class striker waiting in the wings for an extra 50k a week in his wage packet.

[paul_e]

I wonder if Spurs will make a move for him now they need a striker and have £100m in the drawer. And i wonder if we'd listen ??

No chance. The owners have seen how disruptive it is to lose a player late in the window so the only way anyone goes out now is if they have a clause, Watkins won't have one because he wouldn't have had anything like enough 'power' in the negotiations when he joined.

The only concern is that he's not got a huge amount of time on his contract so if he won't sign a new one I could see him going in January, if we have a replacement, I don't think that's very likely though and I expect a new contract will be announced before long.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It's a bit late now in the window to sell him when there's few opportunities to replace him. As mentioned previously I'd quite happily have cashed in and pocketed the money to spend on Gonçalo Ramos from Benfica, similar to Watkins but younger and technically better. Unfortunately he signed for PSG this week.

Big season for Ollie Watkins, I'm hoping he can be more consistent rather than the feast or famine performances we've seen in the past. The fact no new contract appears to have been offered and/or signed puzzles me. He's very much teacher's pet with Emery so I assume we want to keep him, is he the one holding out?

[AV84]

Aren't the Euros next summer? If I was Watkins and had ambition of playing for England I'd be sticking with the team that has just had a very stable and successful season under an extremely well respected manager.

[VillaTim]

Aren't the Euros next summer? If I was Watkins and had ambition of playing for England I'd be sticking with the team that has just had a very stable and successful season under an extremely well respected manager.

the problem is Southgate though and his love for players of the so called Sky6